What does 16th Asian Games tell the world

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China has led medal count at the halfway mark of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. This event is truly a grand festival which, held every four years, has kept going along the half-century history of Asian Games track under the banner of "Unity, Friendship and Progress". The concerned efforts of three billion Asians have been playing a growing role of vital importance for the world's economic, political and cultural progress and development.
Asian Games tells the world that best athletic achievements have been created in Asia as most of the top-ranked table tennis and badminton players have displayed their feats to the audience; many athletes have come to the fore in shooting, weightlifting, swimming, gymnastics, diving, wrestling and other events; and even players of the three relatively backward balls, track and field sports and other events have striven to catch up with the world's advanced levels. So, Asia does not play a supporting role in world sports and, without these ace athletes, the World Series will be less attractive.
Asian Games tells the world that the Olympic movement should take more ethnical, cultural contents into account. Such popular sports as Dragon boat and the martial art and a few other typical games from the East that do not resemble Olympic events invented by Westerners due to their blending of richer cultural functions. People in the Orient now perform in line with their own understanding of the Olympic culture and make the physical culture so dazzling and splendor.
Asian Games tells the world that people in Asia need much harmony and their development need much passion as the Asian history has been plagued by frequent disasters or misfortunes. The Asian Games, having persevered in for nearly 60 years, is currently in full swing, alive and dynamic. Though most of the Asian nations are in a developing state, they can make the games a resounding success, and they likewise regard the great sports gathering as a great opportunity for development.
Asia has a vast territory with a variety of ethnics, a huge wealth gap, an ethnic diversity and multi-faiths of people. "Our Asia, the mountains are its exalted head, our Asia, the rivers flow like warm blood…" Asian Games' sports spirit is shown no less advantageous than in any similar global sports competitions, and the attitude of athletes from Asian countries and regions in the Games is definitely no inferior in term of the callous approach shown at other great world games.
A teenage table tennis player from Qatar, Mohammad Al-Saadi, despite his loss to all peers at the Games, said he enjoyed it as he had a trial of strength with world top players. Meanwhile, famous South Korean simmer Park Tae-hwan, who beat China's ace swimmer Zhang Lin in the final, kept pulling him to pose for pictures and consoled him, saying that whoever would have a state of downturn sometimes. Contents at the Asian Games create intense interest but a swap of skills can result in magnetic resonance image (MRI).
"Thanks to the great Asian Games volunteers, and this is what the President Jacques Rogge of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wrote down. And Prince Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah, the president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said at the Asian Games' opening ceremony that "hundreds of thousands of security guards and volunteers are "Guangzhou's business cards" and without their service and help the Games will be unable to function efficiently or effectively.
"Is it not a pleasure to have friends coming from afar!" This reflects an enlightenment of China's ancient civilization from the land of ceremony and propriety as well as an inheritance or legacy that should not be got lost for a single moment in China's reform and opening-up or scientific development. Millions of Guangzhou residents, who are just behind tens of thousands of volunteers, are all feeling very proud to contribute their share in hosting the great event.
In a great get-together during a dozen day event, athletes have been heard repeatedly that they felt an inspiring and exciting thing in the face of so much encourage from the audience and, as for the hosts of the event, they felt real great that guests to the Games would be left with more beautiful memories of the Guangzhou Games.
Medals will be carried way with the end of the festival, but 16th Asian Games will leave itself, Asia and the rest of the world not just sports feats but a brand-new outlook on an open city, a large developing nation and a rising continent. From the Asian Games in Beijing to the Asian Games in Guangzhou over the past two decades, some athletes competing for the games in 1990 have been turned into coaches and the newborn then are now leading players at the ongoing Games. The themed Song "Asia Mighty Winds" will continue to ring on and on with sonorous, deafening sounds.
By People's Daily Online and its author is PD reporter Wang Dazhao


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亚运会告诉世界什么
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2010年11月22日08:45   来源：人民网-《人民日报海外版》
亚运会告诉世界什么--中国共产党新闻
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广州亚运会赛事过半。赛场外是都市旧貌换新颜，熙熙攘攘；赛场内是选手你争我夺奋力争先，热热闹闹。一次盛会就是一次节庆，4年一度的亚洲运动会沿着半个多世纪历程勾画的轨迹，在“团结、友谊、进步”的大旗下继续前行。30亿亚洲各国和地区民众的合力，对世界经济、政治和文化的发展进步越来越重要。
亚运会告诉世界，这里创造出了一流水平的竞技成就。世界上顶尖的乒乓球、羽毛球好手大多在亚运会上献技，射击、举重、游泳、体操、跳水等项目的强将也能数出不少。即便是相对落后的三大球、田径等项目，亚洲选手也在努力赶超世界先进水平。亚洲不是世界体坛的配角，没有他们，世界大赛将会减色。
亚运会告诉世界，奥林匹克运动应当考虑更多的民族文化含量。龙舟、武术等源于东方的体育项目不似奥运会上那些西方人发明的游戏，在竞技之外，还有更为丰富的文化交融功能。东方人正按照自己的理解，将体育文化表现得美不胜收。
亚运会告诉世界，亚洲的历史多灾多难，人民需要和谐，发展需要激情。已经延续了近60年的亚洲运动会方兴未艾，生机勃勃。亚洲虽然发展中国家居多，但是，发展中国家同样可以把盛会办得有声有色，人民同样会把体育盛会视为重要的发展机遇。
亚细亚幅员辽阔，民族繁多，贫富悬殊，信仰多元，但在这里，山是高昂的头，河像热血流，亚运会所表现出的体育精神不逊于世界上任何大赛，亚洲各国和地区运动员参与盛会的态度不逊于世界上任何大赛。卡塔尔乒乓球小将阿尔萨迪几乎输得精光，却说“因为亚运会而能跟世界高手过招，很享受”；韩国大腕泳将朴泰桓战胜中国的张琳后，宽慰对手说：“谁都有状态低迷的时候”。亚运会的竞争未必不激烈，但切磋交流才能构成共鸣。
“感谢伟大的亚运志愿者！”这是国际奥委会主席罗格在志愿者服装上签下的感言。“成千上万无私奉献的志愿者，你们的笑容是广州的名片，没有你们，亚运会将无法有效运转。”这是亚奥理事会主席艾哈迈德·法赫德·萨巴赫亲王在开幕式致辞中的评价。
“有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎！”这是礼仪之邦古老文明的教化，是中华民族改革开放、科学发展须臾不可放弃的传承。数十万志愿者身后，上千万广州市民无不以东道主的自豪之情为盛会做出奉献。
十几天的共处中，多少亚洲朋友用热情的语言和行动表明了对中国的信任和重托。多次听到参赛选手表示，面对这么多观众的鼓励，本身就是一件令人兴奋的事情。既为东道主，没有不想听到客人对城市新姿赞誉的，但更会因客人带走美好快乐的参赛感受而无憾。
奖牌将随盛会落幕而去，广州亚运会留给自己、留给亚洲、留给世界的，不只是体育运动的成就，还有世界对一座开放的城市、一个发展中大国、一个崛起的大洲的全新观察，有对东方文明在和平发展中影响力的再判断。20年过去，从北京亚运会到广州亚运会，当年的选手成了教练，当年的新生儿成了赛场上的主角，那个响亮的歌声在继续：亚洲雄风震天吼！
（作者为本报高级编辑）